Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-19
SORGHUM SUGAR.
A Prcduct that BppssEs 10 the Self
Interest Of the Farmer snd
MsDu.}c u-er Alike
The Demonstration of the YsIus that Can
Be Obtained from 81, Acre OF
Sorghum
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The possibility Of producing 9 mer-
chanfs5le qpali'y Il cry5,aliz-d sugar
from sorghum has been admitted ever
since the cultivation Ct the plant sttsined
.ny Importance II this country, but up to
within the Pasr tx rloI:hs al efforts to
OBTAIN practical results in this direction
nave proved failures. vt tbs cultivation
Of sorghum n.s gone on Increasing, for
it has been ioUad 10 give a pref sble
Weld Of syrup. and, furthermore, has
provided zc excellent foe, e ;Jr 1--we
stock. The tsct that i is easily cultivated
AudTeaches ma.u:lty before frcssins / &C
! JlODs Il tbgc urtEy h5!oWthy 80 - parallel
Of lsti,uCe, has recommended i TO the
attention OF agricuiturieJs, while lis len
! saCchsrin9 properties nave male chemist 5
persistent II thlir efforts u COEQU-r Ibis
''rsirsC OIy" juice, because IL promised
such pref aUie results. As sorghum
syrup Yves obtained, ny cTGsGiog Ile cane
in ordinary cane mills, &qelimeEtalis.s
| nave carried on their resaaic nes frr sGr-
ghtm sugar By similar method Ct eX-
tracing the ju.Ce, but by this process
| CTyet2lIz d sugar Was lot Obtsiued in suj-
| iCjent quantities to make the expert
men.s Of practical value, ana el
though yeSr Ef,tr year Congress has
appropriated, ead the government has tx
pended considerable sum Tor Carrying
| on these same experiments, the believers
II sore hum sugar as practical Tegu.;
hsv6 not Increased in number. The sJr-
gnum specialist bas Oeeu looked pp1u as
KIND Of Crank, TlO, while SCientiLiCGHs
correct IN theory, Was unable IL produce
results sufficiently encouraging 10 get
capitalists ID invest il the venture.
During the past ,hIte months hOT ever IN
! UbOe question OF sorghum suGsr hsS as
SuulvG AL entirely Ciff -reus aspect CR &c
Coua5 II the success INST bGs attended 8
seIi-S u Experiments conducted Up,u al
entirely different basis from any nThsT,O
attempted. By edOpipg what IS Known
Is The 81 fusion process" for eXtrGC .ilg
The 6acch4rlne property OF the sorghum
csne, Instead of crUsting il between roll
els IS heretofore, 1t has been p0ss lie 10
produce 1876 pounds Of cryStalz 4 sugar
and f teen gal iOls Of molss-es from g Ton
OF sorghum cane, 9 result inst is not only
entirely satisfactory, out CpeuS the way
tor g practical solution q tue sorghum
question. TGG eucCess Of the eXp-rj-
men: may be more easily appreciated by
comparing it With the yield If last year
OF the Louisiana cane crop. Accord
Ing to N. B0uCEeCeau ct New o.
leans, planters using modern ma
Chilery obtsined 209S pounds sugar
per sore OF cane, o. 1l6 pounds per IOE Ci
Gaze, while by Other machinery the yield
was only 1885 pounds per acre. The
method OF treating Cane by the process Of
"GifasioI," that is, bg cutting it into
eliceg CT chips, which are soaked in not
water, is no new discovery. l. mss been
in practical operation for & number Ct
years, and is She recognized method Ut
treating bee II Europe, thereby EeCeiY-
ing closer scientific investigation than
any process OF sugar-Gaaking, and
by lis use 80 per Cent. IF the
s.ChariGa property Ct the cane has
bsen extracted. is superiority can
De readily understood in comps RS OH
with tbs result # the cane mills, which,
under the most favorable circumstances,
nave yi-ldei Is par cent, but more often
er 50Q60 per cent, and Dot 1nfreQ aentIy
40 more than 5000 per cent. has been
obtained. These successful experiments
we're conducted lsst September at Fort
Scott, in K1nsss, Dut, while they afford q
practical solution Of the question of pro-
duciDg sorghum sugar, it must not De
supposed that successful industry will
be established st once, FOR, valuable as
the success of this test is likely TO prove,
it will be difficult to induce capitsl
TO embark in the enterprise uatil
further progress has been made in utiliz-
ing the results of the experiment Expe
rience has shown that one acre of good
soil will grow from ten to twelve tons of
sorghum, which on the basis Of the above
experiment will mean 1850 to 1920 pounds
OF sugar, and $50 to $50 gallons
OF molAsses to the acre, besides the sect
which it is Clnimed is valuable fodder for
live stock, and yields twenty five bushels
TO the acre. These figures demonstrates
what value cen be O0tained from an acre,
but it remains to be seen how far these
results are borne out in practical opera
ton, ana this fact will have to be asCer-
tsined by experiment, Such au expert
ment will be made, however, during the
next twelve months, & company having
be7E formed with sufficient capital to
carry the question beyond the bounds of
experiment, and the result will be awaitG d
with no small interest, for it promises to
De the turning point in establishing
most important agricultural as well as
manufacturing industry. A beginning
having been msde il will tske q number
of years to bring the sorghum sugar in
dustry to point where it
will be in any sense an important
competitor with either cane or beet
sugar. Farmers will have to discover the
profitsb,eness Of its cultivation, and be
educated in the best and most econom-
ical method OF culture, corps Of expert
sugar makers will have to be trained, fac
Iries erected, machinery improved and
adapted TO obtaining the best results,
and, in fact, the whole process of build
log up new industry will have to be car
rled forward in progressive steps, before
me successful experiment at Fort Scott
becomes practical reality in the indus
trial history Of the country.
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